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The gate is located in the northern/northeastern corner of the city walls and dates back to around 1126 CE when the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf built the first walls of the city. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was originally known as Bab Fes ("Gate of Fes "), but this name was apparently lost during the Marinid era. [ 1 ]
The city gate was completed in 1686 or 1687 during the reign of Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail who ruled between 1672 and 1727. [4] It was once the main entrance to the Jewish quarter or Mellah and the western entrance to the City of the Garden of Amber, Madinat Ar-Riad Al Anbari, [5] which housed the Oudaya's army and the members of the Ismail's court.
The gate was the main public entrance to the royal kasbah (citadel) in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh. [5] The Kasbah, built by Yaqub al-Mansur, is the site of the nearby El Mansouria Mosque (or Kasbah Mosque) and the Saadian Tombs behind it, as well as the El Badi Palace and the main Royal Palace ( Dar al- Makhzen ) of the city.
Gates of Fez, Morocco (9 P) Gates of Marrakesh (8 P) Gates of Meknes (4 P) Pages in category "Gates in Morocco" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
The facade of Bab Mansour gate. Bab Mansur al-'Alj or Bab Mansour (also variously spelled as Bab Mansour al-'Ilj, Bab Mansour al-Eulj, Bab el-Mansour, Bab Mansur, etc.) [1] [2] [3] is a monumental gate in the city of Meknes, Morocco.
The gate's interior passage passes through four chambers and turns 90 degrees four times, constituting a complex bent entrance typical of Almohad military architecture. [ 7 ] [ 3 ] One of the chambers was originally open from above (but is sheltered by a roof today) so that the defenders could throw projectiles onto any attackers entering the ...
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